2025–26 Penang F.C. season

Penang
2025–26 season
ChairmanDaniel Gooi
Head coachWan Rohaimi
StadiumCity Stadium
Super League11th
Malaysia FA CupRound of 16
Malaysia CupTBD
MFL Challenge CupTBD
Top goalscorerLeague: Dylan Wenzel-Halls (1 goals)
All: Dylan Wenzel-Halls (3 goals)

The 2025–26 season is Penang's 99th competitive season, 5th season in the first tier of Malaysian football since promoted in 2020, 103rd year in existence as a football club, and the 5th year since rebranded as Penang Football Club.[1] The season covers the period from 10 May 2024 to 27 April 2025.

Coaching staffs

Position Name[2]
Technical director Merzagua Abderrazak[3][4]
Head Coach Wan Rohaimi
Assistant Head Coach Mat Saiful Mohd
Assistant Coach Ahmed M.Sayed
Goalkeeping Coach Mohd Hisham Jainudin
Fitness Coach Rozy Abdul Majid
Team Doctor Hardeep Singh Jaginder Singh
Parmjit Singh Kuldip Singh
Physiotherapist Ridhwan Noor Akmal
Team Analyst Anwar Azahari
Masseur Megat Loutifie
Kit Man Sufie Noorazizan
U-23 Team Manager Razif Radali
U-23 Head Coach Manzoor Azwira
U-23 Assistant Head Coach Farkhis Fisol
U-23 Goalkeeping Coach Azmirulkifli Haji Mohd Isa
U-23 Fitness Coach Rozy Abdul Majid
U-23 Team Doctor Azry Azmi
U-23 Physiotherapist Amirul Ehsan Mahrim
U-23 Security Officer Esa Alwi
U-23 Media Officer Zachki Suri
U-23 Kit Man Hafiz Ismail
U-21 Team Head Coach Rahim Hassan
U-19 Team Head Coach Zabidi Hassan

Players

First-team squad

As of 12 February 2025
For recent transfers, see 2024–25 Penang F.C. season § Transfers and contracts.
No. Player Nationality Date of birth (age) Signed from
Goalkeepers
1 Khairulazhan Khalid (1989-11-07) 7 November 1989 Selangor
22 Ramadhan Hamid (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 Perak
36 Ashriq Izzat (2002-03-24) 24 March 2002 Youth Team
97 Khatul Anuar (1997-04-02) 2 April 1997 Kelantan
Defenders
3 Akmal Zahir (1994-02-16) 16 February 1994 Kedah Darul Aman
5 Limbikani Mzava (1993-11-12) 12 November 1993 AmaZulu
6 Khairul Akmal (1998-05-28) 28 May 1998 Academy
15 Stefano Brundo (1993-05-19) 19 May 1993 Pahang
27 Ariff Farhan Isa (1996-07-14) 14 July 1996 Kedah Darul Aman
46 Adib Raop (1999-10-25) 25 October 1999 Perak
55 Faith Friday Obilor (1991-03-05) 5 March 1991 PDRM
Midfielders
8 OJ Porteria (1994-05-09) 9 May 1994 Stallion Laguna
9 Lim In-kyu (2002-08-15) 15 August 2002 Yangpyeong FC
16 Ahmad Irfan (2001-06-25) 25 June 2001 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
19 Chia Ruo Han (2001-09-01) 1 September 2001 Johor Darul Ta'zim II
35 Hasbullah Abu Bakar (1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 Kedah Darul Aman
71 Haziq Kutty Abba (2004-09-28) 28 September 2004 Academy [a]
77 Amirul Hisyam Kechik (1995-05-05) 5 May 1995 Kedah Darul Aman
80 Izzat Zikri (2001-01-17) 17 January 2001 Academy
92 Thiago Fernandes (1992-06-09) 9 June 1992 Persikas Subang
Forwards
7 Dylan Wenzel-Halls (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997 Central Coast Mariners
10 Bruno Suzuki (1990-05-20) 20 May 1990 PDRM
11 Wan Zack Haikal (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 Perak
14 Firdaus Saiyadi (1996-10-22) 22 October 1996 Perak
20 Danilo Šipovac (2000-04-17) 17 April 2000 FK BSK
23 Kipré Tchétché (1987-12-16) 16 December 1987 Kuching
28 Akid Zamri (2005-02-13) 13 February 2005 Selangor FC 2 [a]
99 Aliff Ikmalrizal (2002-12-09) 9 December 2002 Academy
Out on loan
Status Unknown
50 Zarif Syamil Zamani (D) (2002-12-11) 11 December 2002 Academy [a]
72 Nabil Nizam (D) (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 Academy [a]
55 Aidil Danial Izhar (F) (2001-09-23) 23 September 2001 Academy [a]
83 Khairil Anuar (M) (1995-03-08) 8 March 1995 Kelantan[5]
97 Idrzuwan Daud (F) (2001-04-15) 15 April 2001 Academy [a]
  1. ^ a b c d e f Promoted from U23

Transfers and contracts

In

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
GK Khairulazhan Khalid Selangor Free [6]
GK Ramadhan Hamid Perak Free [7]
GK Khatul Anuar Kelantan Darul Naim Free [8]
DF Limbikani Mzava AmaZulu Free
DF Faith Friday Obilor PDRM Free
DF Stefano Brundo Pahang Free [9]
DF Akmal Zahir Kedah Darul Aman Free [10]
DF Ariff Farhan Isa Kedah Darul Aman Free [11]
MF Hasbullah Abu Bakar Kedah Darul Aman Free [12]
MF Amirul Hisyam Kechik Kedah Darul Aman Free [13]
MF Chia Ruo Han Johor Darul Ta'zim II Free [14] [15]
MF Ahmad Irfan Johor Darul Ta'zim II Free [16]
MF Thiago Fernandes Persikas Subang Free [17]
MF OJ Porteria Stallion Laguna Free
MF Wan Zack Haikal Perak Free [18]
MF Lim In-kyu Yangpyeong FC Free [19]
FW Firdaus Saiyadi Perak Free [20]
FW Kipré Tchétché Kuching City Free [21]
FW Bruno Suzuki PDRM Free [22]
FW Danilo Šipovac FK BSK Free [23]

Loan Return (In)

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred From Ref
DF Iman Rafaei Bukit Tambun Loan Return
MF Khairil Anuar Gombak Loan Return

Out

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Haziq Mukriz UM-Damansara United Free
GK Shafiq Afifi Kelantan Red Warrior Free
DF Fairuz Zakaria DPMM FC Free [24][25]
DF Aikmal Roslan AAK Free
DF Iman Rafaei Free
DF Azmeer Aris Immigration Free
DF Namathevan Arunasalam Kedah FA Free
DF Rafael Vitor Amazonas FC (B2) Free [26] [27]
MF Khairu Azrin Free
MF Amer Azahar Free
MF Al-Hafiz Harun Immigration Free
MF Nik Akif Immigration Free
MF Rahmat Makasuf Kedah FA Free
MF Shafi Azswad Immigration II Free
MF Azrie Reza Free
MF Neto Olivera Trem (B4) Free [28]
FW Rodrigo Dias PT Prachuap Free
FW Nabil Latpi Kedah FA Free

Loan Return (Out)

Pre-season

Position Player Transferred To Ref
GK Sikh Izhan Selangor Loan Return [29][30]
DF Richmond Ankrah Selangor Loan Return [31][32]
MF Aqil Irfanuddin Terengganu II Loan Return
MF Syamer Kutty Abba Johor Darul Ta'zim Loan Return [33]

Friendly matches

  Win   Draw   Loss

21 June 2025 1 Penang FC 4–0 Bintong FC Penang
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
4 July 2025 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 0–4 Penang FC Johor
Stadium: Pasir Gudang Corporation Stadium
5 July 2025 3 Immigration FC II 1–0 Penang FC Selangor
Stadium: Stadium UPM Mini
8 July 2025 4 Terengganu FC 3–1 Penang FC Terengganu
  • Safwan Mazlan 43'
  • Careca 78'
  • Yan Manbella 82'
  • Kipré Tchétché 29'
 Stadium: Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium
15 July 2025 5 Penang FC 2–0 Kedah FA Penang
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
Attendance: 0 (Behind-closed-doors)
20 July 2025 6 Penang FC 1–1 Phnom Penh Crown Penang
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
24 July 2025 7 Penang FC 1–0 PDRM FC Penang
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
30 July 2025 8 Immigration FC 0–1 Penang FC Penang
Stadium: City Stadium Penang

Competitions

Malaysia Super League

Main article: 2025–26 Malaysia Super League
10 August 2025 1 Penang 0–3 Terengganu Georgetown
  • Azam Azmi 50'
  • Gabriel Silva 55'
  • Khalaif Naskam 89'
  • Safwan Mazlan  53'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
13 August 2025 2 Melaka 1–1 Penang Melaka
  • Juan Teles 69'
  • Dylan Wenzel-Halls 29'
  • Akmal Zahir  26'
  • Thiago Fernandes  48'
 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
Referee: Fusser Sallih
24 August 2025 3 Penang 1–2 Kuala Lumpur Georgetown
  • Stefano Brundo 49'
  • Hasbullah Abu Bakar  22'
  • Adib Ra'op  38'
  • Dylan Wenzel-Halls  60'
  • Safawi Rasid 34'
  • Kamal Azizi 77'
  • Gorka Larrucea Arrien  84'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
Referee: Hasrol Amir
31 January 2026 4 (Rescheduled) Kelantan – Penang Kota Bahru
Stadium: Sultan Muhammad IV Stadium
11 September 2025 5 (Rescheduled) Johor Darul Ta'zim 6–0 Penang Johor
  • Jairo 9'
  • Arif Aiman 18', 31'
  • João Figueiredo 33'
  • Jon Irazabal 45+3'
  • Antonio Glauder 53'
  • Hector Hevel  82'
  • Firdaus Saiyadi  90+6'
 Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium
4 October 2025 6 Penang 2–1 Negeri Sembilan Georgetown
  • Kipré Tchétché 13', 49'
  • Ahmad Irfan  63'
  • Stefano Brundo  64'
  • Faith Friday Obilor 90+9'
  • Zahril Azri  51'
  • Jovan Motika  64'
  • Luis Enrique  90+4'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
25 October 2025 7 Kuching 1–1 Penang Kuching
  • Ronald Ngah 45+7' (pen.)
  • Arif Fadzilah  31'
  • Kipré Tchétché 13'
  • Adib Ra'op  50'
  • Haziq Kutty  75'
 Stadium: Sarawak State Stadium
2 November 2025 8 Penang 0–1 Immigration Georgetown
  • Wilmar Jordan 59'
  • Loqman Hakim  29'
  • Fadzrul Danel  72'
  • Eduardo Sosa  75'
  • Zarif Irfan  90+5'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
23 November 2025 9 Sabah 3–2 Penang Kota Kinabalu
  • Ajdin Mujagić 22'
  • Jafri Firdaus Chew 56'
  • Daniel Ting 70' 52'
  • Danny Ingham  38'
  • Dean Pelekanos  43'
  • Dylan Wenzel-Halls 17', 39'
  • Adib Abdul Ra'op  67'
 Stadium: Likas Stadium
7 December 2025 10 (Rescheduled) Penang 1–5 Selangor Georgetown
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
Referee: Khairulsyahmi Ahmad Khalidi
19 December 2025 11 Penang 3–0 PDRM Georgetown
  • Dylan Wenzel-Halls 23', 74' (pen.)
  • Firdaus Saiyadi 53'
  • Fadi Awad  31'
  • Dick Cheny Waili  90+3'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
23 December 2025 12 DPMM – Penang Bandar Seri Begawan
Stadium: Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium
3 January 2026 13 Terengganu – Penang Terengganu
Stadium: Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium
11 January 2026 14 Penang – Melaka Georgetown
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
14 January 2026 15 Kuala Lumpur – Penang Kuala Lumpur
Stadium: Kuala Lumpur Football Stadium
30 August 2025 16 (Rescheduled) Penang 0–1 Kelantan Georgetown
  • Dylan Wenzel-Halls  20'
  • Khairul Akmal  26'
  • Ifedayo Olusegun 28'
  • Sean Selvaraj  5'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
28 February 2026 17 Penang – Johor Darul Ta'zim Georgetown
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
7 March 2026 18 Negeri Sembilan – Penang Paroi
Stadium: Tuanku Abdul Rahman Stadium
14 March 2026 19 Penang – Kuching Georgetown
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
11 April 2026 20 Immigration – Penang Georgetown
Stadium: Penang State Stadium
26 April 2026 21 Penang – Sabah Georgetown
Stadium: City Stadium Penang
2 May 2026 22 Selangor – Penang Petaling Jaya
Stadium: MBPJ Stadium
8 May 2026 23 PDRM – Penang Selayang
Stadium: Selayang Stadium
15 May 2026 24 Penang – DPMM Georgetown
Stadium: City Stadium Penang

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
9 Sabah 11 2 4 5 13 24 −11 10
10 Immigration 11 2 3 6 15 24 −9 9
11 Penang 11 2 2 7 11 24 −13 8
12 Melaka 10 1 3 6 6 23 −17 6
13 PDRM 11 1 3 7 9 34 −25 6
Updated to match(es) played on 20 December 2025. Source: MFL
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored.

Malaysia FA Cup

Main article: 2025 Malaysia FA Cup
16 August 2025 Round 1 Leg 1 Melaka 0–2 Penang Melaka
  • Patrick Gama Thomaz  54'
 Report
  • Dylan Wenzel-Halls 48', 81'
  • Danilo Šipovac  44'
  • Akmal Zahir  48'
  • Hasbullah Abu Bakar  55'
 Stadium: Hang Jebat Stadium
15 September 2025 Round 1 Leg 2 (Rescheduled) Penang 3–0
(5–0 agg.)		 Melaka Georgetown
  • Stefano Brundo 11'
  • Haziq Kutty Abba 39'
  • Kipré Tchétché 80'
  • Ariff Farhan Isa  49'
  • Stefano Brundo  55'
  • Khairu Azrin  74'
 Report
  • Irfan Zakaria  14'
  • Che Rasid  54'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
Attendance: 885
Referee: S. Logeswaran

Penang won 5–0 on aggregate.

17 October 2025 QF Leg 1 Penang 1–2 Johor Darul Ta'zim Georgetown
  • Adib Abdul Ra'op 36'
  • Haziq Kutty Abba  27'
  • Ahmad Irfan  45'
  • Óscar Arribas 6' 73'
  • Ager Aketxe 56'
  • Park Jun-Heong  60'
 Stadium: City Stadium Penang
Referee: Faizudin Ismail
28 October 2025 QF Leg 2 Johor Darul Ta'zim 3–0
(5–1 agg.)		 Penang Johor
 Report Stadium: Sultan Ibrahim Stadium
Referee: Izzul Fikri

JDT won 5–1 on aggregate.

Malaysia Cup

Main article: 2025–26 Malaysia Cup

Team statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 19 Dec 2025
No. Pos. Player Malaysia Super League FA Cup Malaysia Cup Total
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
1 GK Khairulazhan Khalid 8 0 3 0 0 0 11 0
3 DF Akmal Zahir 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
5 DF Limbikani Mzava 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF Khairul Akmal 2+3 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
7 FW Dylan Wenzel-Halls 11 5 4 2 0 0 15 7
8 MF OJ Porteria 8 0 2 0 0 0 10 0
9 FW Lim In-kyu 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
10 FW Bruno Suzuki 3+5 0 1+3 0 0 0 12 0
11 FW Wan Zack Haikal 5+3 0 2+1 0 0 0 11 0
14 FW Firdaus Saiyadi 1+5 1 1+2 0 0 0 9 1
15 MF Stefano Brundo 11 1 4 1 0 0 15 2
16 MF Ahmad Irfan 8+1 0 2+1 0 0 0 12 0
19 MF Chia Ruo Han 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
20 FW Danilo Šipovac 9+2 0 4 0 0 0 15 0
22 GK Ramadhan Hamid 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 0
23 FW Kipré Tchétché 8+1 4 3+1 1 0 0 13 5
27 DF Ariff Farhan Isa 3+3 0 2+1 0 0 0 9 0
28 FW Akid Zamri 1+3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
35 MF Hasbullah Abu Bakar 3+5 0 0+3 0 0 0 11 0
36 GK Ashriq Izzat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
46 DF Adib Raop 9 0 3+1 1 0 0 13 1
55 DF Faith Friday Obilor 8 0 3 0 0 0 11 0
71 MF Haziq Kutty Abba 3+2 0 3+1 0 0 0 9 0
77 MF Amirul Hisyam Kechik 9 0 4 1 0 0 13 1
80 MF Izzat Zikri 4+2 0 0+2 0 0 0 8 0
92 MF Thiago Fernandes 1+1 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
97 GK Khatul Anuar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
99 FW Alif Ikmalrizal 0+2 0 0+1 0 0 0 3 0

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  7. ^ "Say hello to Ramdhan, the newest Panther".
  8. ^ "Penang FC mengalu-alukan kehadiran penjaga gol berpengalaman, Khatul Anuar".
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  10. ^ "Say hello to Akmal Zahir, the newest Panther".
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  12. ^ "Say hello to Hasbullah, the newest Panther".
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